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S— just got real. I mean, we knew going in to the third season finale of Revenge that someone was gonna end up rockin’ a body bag. But nothing — not even TVLine’s own preview — could have prepared us for the shocknado that was unleashed in “Execution.” Since the episode defies traditional methods of recappage, I shall merely endeavor to keep my jaw off the floor long enough to count down the hour’s five biggest surprises. Ready? Oh, who am I kidding? Even if you think you’re ready, you’re not! (I sure as hell wasn’t.)

5. NOLAN’S PLOT | After Javier is more or less dumped by Charlotte (who, like me, seems to only vaguely remember that she even had a boyfriend), he’s dissuaded from skipping town by Nolan. Why? (No, seriously — why? We lost Patrick for this?) Because Nolan is secretly plotting with Margaux’s newly arrived brother, Gideon, to reclaim MyClone. And if Nolan can pull off an outfit comprised of plaid pants, a striped sweater and a floral print top — which somehow he kinda does — surely, he can pull this off!

4. JACK’S ARREST | After learning that Jack brought David’s ring to Emily instead of her, Charlotte is so miffed that she has a well-timed flashback that tips her off to his involvement in her abduction. Since this only serves to make her more miffed (miffed-er?), faster than Jack can say, “Hey, it wasn’t my idea!” Charlotte has him handcuffed and carted away. (Guess this leaves Carl in charge of the Stowaway for the rest of the evening?)

3. DANIEL’S DOWNFALL | Turns out, not only does Gideon want MyClone, he also wants to stick it to Margaux for making Daniel her second in command. (As everyone knows, nepotism should decide who gets the corner office, not who looks hotter in a suit.) And, Daniel being Daniel, he plays right into Gideon’s hands by boffing a ginger cokehead who conveniently ODs in his bed. One candid photo of that sordid tableau, and Gideon has all the blackmail material he and Nolan could possibly need!

2. CONRAD’S COMEUPPANCE/DAVID’S RESURRECTION | At first, it seems like Conrad is actually suffering behind bars. After his bail is denied and David is cleared of all the charges against him, Daddy Warbucks gets roughed up by a guard (no, not in an Oz sorta way) and whines to God, “Death would be a luxury compared to this.” But the guard only sucker-punched him to keep from being suspected when he dresses ol’ moneybags like a priest and lets him stroll right out the gate. Unfortunately for Conrad, the designated driver who picks him up a mile down the road isn’t just any old driver — it’s freakin’ David himself! And before Conrad can even remark on how nice he looks with his new short haircut, the “deceased” has stabbed his nemesis to death! (At least, Conrad certainly looks dead.)

1. AIDEN’S MURDER | Still determined to make the queen bee feel her sting, Emily lets Aiden approach Michelle, the shrink who sent her to juvie all those years ago. But Victoria, having gotten a lot better at this game, is now one step ahead of Emily. So she’s laced the tea that Aiden sips in Michelle’s office with a toxin that paralyzes him… thereby allowing her to come in and smother him… to death! “Emily ripped away my chance for true love,” Victoria tells her victim. “It’s only fair that I do the same for her.” Later, Emily comes home to find Aiden’s corpse posed on the couch in front of a roaring fire — ghastly! Next thing you know, Ems has lured her archenemy to David’s gravesite. When she accuses Victoria of murder, the Maleficent of the Hamptons merely purrs, “You received my gift.” From there, the foes’ conversation gets stranger and stranger. Victoria seems to actually badmouth David — who she’s previously all but nominated for sainthood — and Emily says she’s not digging up her father’s grave, she’s digging up Amanda’s. And with that, she clocks Victoria with her shovel! Cut to: Victoria waking up in restraints in a mental hospital! Emily has had her committed! She told the doctors that Victoria became convinced that she (Emily, that is) was Amanda that she (Victoria, that is) even tried to unearth Amanda to prove it! And, as crazy as the story sounds, Michelle (under duress) corroborates it. So off Victoria goes, on an off-season trip around the cuckoo’s nest!

Okay, your turn. What did you think of the season finale — and the season? Did you think it was a great twist that David was alive… or a jump-the-shark moment? Hit the comments!

Me too :( I was expecting his death since the news in spring that Barry has a new show, but I was also holding out hope they would send his character to prison or something lol. I guess it gives good motivation for Emily next season.

I looooved them. I'm just glad that at least he was acknowledged as Emily's great love and that even though you know they'll shove her off with Jack at the end we can know she wouldn't have chosen him over Aiden.

Possibly. I'm a tad confused as to why he would have his daughter go through all of this with out even at least letting her know he's alive. Maybe so then she was seriously devoted. He also looked semi-evil when he killed Conrad.

I've thought since S1E1 that David was alive. It's kind of an obvious soapy/melodramatic twist to have a dead character turn out to be alive, isn't it? Was super-disappointed when her mom turned out to be alive though.

It was spoiled that the dude who plays Aiden was released to audition for pilot season, so that's how I knew he'd be leaving, lol. I hated Aiden, so I'm glad he's gone, but I wish Daniel and Jack went with him. It was probably Conrad's time to go too, just for storyline purposes.

Oh, Javier can go anytime too. Nolan is so awesome, but most of the other male characters have been so insufferable/hard-to-watch.

The mother storyline had a lot of potential but that (and other things from season 2) really fell flat.

I really don't feel like there was anything else they could have done with Conrad. He already confessed, there was a ton of evidence against him for a trial and it's not like we were going to see him rot in a jail cell every week. I like the way his storyline ended.

And she had the nerve to talk about the shit Emily did to her when that bitch had some cook brainwash little Amanda. I love and hate that cunt tbh.

All though I think David Clark is the a salute worst for what he has done to his daughter. Her devotion to his soiled ass is why so many have died. Fuck him and the Graysons. Charlotte can stay tho. The adults around her all need to go to hell.

Aiden dying was expected. Even Charlotte figuring out that Jack set her free was foreshadowed last week. I understand why she didn't speak to him about it because can't trust anyone but she should have stopped to think for a second. Did David know nothing about what his daughter has been doing in the last few years? And he just watched her avenging his death?

I have a lot of feelings about this, okay?

I (mostly) hated this episode. There's just so much wasted potential when you think back on how good the first season was.

Aiden's death pisses me off not just because it was utterly predictable, but because it ruins Victoria as a character. As evil as she was before, she was deliciously so. And they allowed enough of her humanity to come through at times that you could feel sorry for her--or at least wish that she'd get it together and stop being such a bitch. But this turns her from a three-dimensional gray character to a flat, irredeemable villain.

I really, really enjoyed Emily hitting her with that shovel. And I laughed like a lunatic at the end with Conrad escaping in the priest's outfit and singing his way through the woods. And then they had to fuck it up by having him (one of the few truly entertaining parts left on the show) killed by...David.

And that may be a deal-breaker for me. Having him still be alive invalidates everything the show has been about for the past three years. They should have let Conrad get stabbed by someone else and ended the series with Emily walking out of the mental institution like a boss.

What's left for season four? Getting revenge on Daniel? Helping Jack out of prison? Just doesn't seem appealing.

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they are setting up season 4 as emily vs. victoria. she has to be the main villain now that conrad is dead. idk what I think about that but I am kind of glad Victoria at least isn't wishy washy anymore.

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Yeah, you know Victoria won't stay institutionalized for long. Emily should just kill her. It's not like she hasn't hidden bodies before. Or hell, burn her house down with her in it. It's not like Emily hasn't burned houses down and gotten away with it before.

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i thought victoria was going to paralyze and torture him, but for her to go all the way shocked me. ia with your thoughts on her - especially with her rape story this season, viewers were meant to see a (sliver) of humanity in her. i guess it's to drive home how in the end, victoria is equally as bad as everyone else.

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i agree to an extent about victoria, but i think pascal's death and her vendetta against emily/knowing who emily truly is just caused her to snap, like when daniel shot emily after finding out the truth.

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"But this turns her from a three-dimensional gray character to a flat, irredeemable villain." YESSSS"And then they had to fuck it up by having him (one of the few truly entertaining parts left on the show) killed by...David." yess again!!!UGH.

Glad Aiden is gone but jfc how it happened with her finding him, damn Victoria

I am really going to miss Conrad, he is such a fun character to hate, he is just an entertaining type of big bad, the actor is wonderful too

Victoria deserved it!

LOL Daniel, I thought he was going to be in bed with the brother of Margeaux ngl

I thought Charlotte figuring out it was Jack by his touch was dumb and plotty

David Clarke alive, I hate when shows do this tbh after such a long period of time, it always makes the story-lines done in service of that character being dead kind of meaningless and then they have to create a new motive for the meaning of the show, but now it looks like he might not be as innocent as we think which just serves to umbrella all of Emily's revenge work to us kind of pointless.....I will go on the ride but I am wary!

she was in a traumatic experience where her sense of sight was cut off so i dont think its too far fetched that she had a heightened sense of touch/feeling and had a triggering moment when jack grabbed her.

also i dont think they arrested him, just asked him in for questioning? somewhat sketchy but either way it should be interesting to see how he handles it